There are many ways of categorising someone’s linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define. Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s youth, military record, and marital status may distinguish ...

If we use a person’s vocabulary as a yardstick for measuring linguistic proficiency, we quickly run into problems. Consider the case of Nigel Richards, who won a Spanish Scrabble tournament in 2024.

Students who meet the Department of Defense Education Activity’s criteria for biliteracy will have a seal stamped on their ...

GenAI’s ability to produce content in the blink of an eye is a particularly sharp double-edged sword for language teaching.At our institution, many students now rely on AI to complete their writing ...

For my honors thesis in Linguistics at CU Boulder, I conducted a pilot study to explore how bilingual English and Spanish speakers process idioms in their second language. My project looked at how ...

In Singapore, 25 percent of 8th graders would not have ranked as proficient under NAEP’s standards, according to Mr. Rothstein’s analysis of the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and ...

At least 57 juniors and seniors at Glenbrook South and Glenbrook North high schools have earned state recognition for foreign language proficiency, and that number could grow this summer as more ...

While most people speak only one language or perhaps two, some are proficient in many. These people are called polyglots. And they are helping to provide insight into how the brain deals with ...

In this comment on a previous post, a mom says that the goal of 100 percent proficiency is possible. Using the real-life example of her dyslexic son, she says that students can make dramatic progress.

The importance of foreign language proficiency for Army Foreign Area Officers cannot be overstated. It empowers FAOs to navigate successful diplomatic engagements, ...